Ostrich eggshells photographs and associated scripts

Data and scripts associated with the manuscript: Archaeological Ostrich (Struthio spp.) Eggshell as a Taxonomic and Paleoenvironmental Indicator Ella Tsahar (1) , Guy Bar-Oz (2) , Ido Izhaki (3) , Uzi Avner (4) , Omry Barzilai (2) , Anna Belfer-Cohen (5) , LotanEdeltin (6) , Mae Golder-Goldberger (5) , Erella Hovers (5) , Maya Oron (5,7) , Steven A. Rosen (6) , Jacob Vardi (7) ,Mina Weinstein-Evron (2) , Lior Weissbrod (2) , Reuven Yeshurun (2) , Roee Shafir (2) , Uri Wolokovski (2) ,Yossi Zaidner (5), Liora Kolska Horwitz (8) and Nimrod Marom (2) (1) Department of Natural Science and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education,Oranim College, Kiryat Tivon 3600600, Israel(2) School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498837,Israel(3) Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa3498837, Israel(4) Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Patio 655, Eilat 8808371, Israel(5) Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 9190501,Israel(6) Department of Archaeology, Ben Gurion University, David Ben Gurion Blvd 1, Be'erSheva 84105, Israel(7) Israel Antiquities Authority, POB 586, Jerusalem 9100402, Israel(8) National Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University, E. Safra-Givat RamCampus, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel The data include mgnified images of ostrich eggshells from museum specimens (© Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London) and from specimens recovered from archaeological excavations and surveys in Israel. Also included are R scripts for analysing the morphological differences between pore patterns of egg fragments, and environmental niche modelling for Struthio camelus syriacus and Struthio molybdophanes. The workflow files are simplified summaries of the niche modelling and pore pattern analyses.